I'm nearly 5'4 and my hands are small — not abnormally small, but small. They're so small that I could never palm a women's basketball, and my fingers barely stretch a full octave when I play piano.

I can palm the iPad Mini with one hand, but it's a strain. I could grip just the side of it, but even at 10.88 ounces my hand would grow tired without some other support. But it's too small to grip with both hands, unlike my iPad 2.

And like my iPhone 4S, it's slippery. I don't think it'd be long before the strain of palming the device combined with the slick material would result in me clumsily dropping, then cracking it.

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Putting that issue aside, I don't know what I'd use an iPad this size for. If I want to surf the web, write an article, or watch something, I'd still rather have a bigger screen. If I want something slightly smaller than the iPad 2, I'll either use my iPhone or get a cheaper device that wouldn't make my heart skip a beat if I dropped it.